Definition of CALLIGRAPHY

calligraphy

Plural: calligraphies

Noun

  • beautiful handwriting
  • The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.
  • Any such style of decorative writing.
  • A document written in decorative style.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”).

Scrabble Score: 22

calligraphy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
calligraphy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
calligraphy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 25

calligraphy: valid Words With Friends Word